The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1925
Waxing Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
8:49 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 35
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.80° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.97° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.